May 18, 2010

.: Wash Wednesday! :.

Welcome to the second week of Wash Wednesday!

I have greatly enjoyed every photo that has been shared through this photo challenge! Many of you have shared how this has inspired your very first clothesline to be hung. Others have written such meditative posts on the mindfulness of this process-orientated chore. Many of us give thanks to the sun and wind for providing us with this form of natural energy.

As I look upon each photo I am filled with joy. I can smell the scent of the earth and sun surrounding these clotheslines and feel the peace that each one brings.

"Bella and Hawthorn were so excited about this event of hanging up a
clothesline. After I hung up two strings, Bella looked at me and said,
"Well, where are you going to put my line that I can reach so I can
hang up all of my clothes." So sweet. So of course, I gave her the rest
of the clothesline and she hung a string for her and one for Hawthorn
under their swing-set platform."

"Bella got right to work hanging some clothes too. It made me really
think about how important it is to let our children have full access to
all of the resources we, as their parents and models, have in our
everyday life. To watch my children turn a simple chore into a
thrilling event is quite magical and insightful to the full power we
have over how we see the simple chores in life."

Thank you Lisa for sharing the magic that can be found in the everyday with our children.

"Little Livy and I often feel the need to hang washing on our old
vintage drying stand. Sometimes while we hang clothes, we wonder who
used to hang their clothes on this very same stand . We wonder if they
too used to hang their washing amongst the lavender bushes for the
gentle breeze to fragrance their items. We often just lay our clothing
on top of the bushes too"

"Our little guy got super muddy at the river and I had to wash his favorite "ownge" chucks out in the sink. Spring time weather in Oregon is very manic, sunny one moment and
stormy the next...literally. So I am not sure if they will ever dry
out. But at least we get to see lots of rainbows!"

Thank you for sharing such sweetness in your clothesline photo Heidi! Love those Chucks!

Grace shared a creative take on her clothesline photo, and wrote a clothesline Haiku...

"This is half of my cloth diaper stash, I can only wash and hang 1/2 of
them at a time on the side porch. We have a clothes line in our small
back yard, but we also have a 100+ year old maple tree that blocks 99%
of the sunlight...which sadly also makes growing a veggie garden back
there hard...so I improvised and hung these lines on the front porch
which gets direct sunlight almost all day :) I will have to add more
lines on the other side of the porch so I can hang all of them at one
time."

Thank you for sharing such sweetness and creativity through your photo Mary Beth!

"A shot of our kitchen towels (which largely replace our paper ones),
cloth napkins for the table and a black and white checkered napkin for
the school lunch box. I love how line dried linens fold up so crisp and
clean."

"We are quite lucky to have a beach right at the bottom of our yard and
I try to honor that as much as possible with the colors in the house."

Thank you Jenna for sharing your homage to the colors of nature around your home!

I look forward to visiting the links to your "Wash Wednesday" posts! For those of you just joining in, grab a button on my right hand sidebar for Wash Wednesday! I look forward to visiting your clotheslines here as well as on your blogs next Wednesday!

May the simple tasks of our everyday be met with beauty and joy in celebration of life!

Comments

.: Wash Wednesday! :.

Welcome to the second week of Wash Wednesday!

I have greatly enjoyed every photo that has been shared through this photo challenge! Many of you have shared how this has inspired your very first clothesline to be hung. Others have written such meditative posts on the mindfulness of this process-orientated chore. Many of us give thanks to the sun and wind for providing us with this form of natural energy.

As I look upon each photo I am filled with joy. I can smell the scent of the earth and sun surrounding these clotheslines and feel the peace that each one brings.

"Bella and Hawthorn were so excited about this event of hanging up a
clothesline. After I hung up two strings, Bella looked at me and said,
"Well, where are you going to put my line that I can reach so I can
hang up all of my clothes." So sweet. So of course, I gave her the rest
of the clothesline and she hung a string for her and one for Hawthorn
under their swing-set platform."

"Bella got right to work hanging some clothes too. It made me really
think about how important it is to let our children have full access to
all of the resources we, as their parents and models, have in our
everyday life. To watch my children turn a simple chore into a
thrilling event is quite magical and insightful to the full power we
have over how we see the simple chores in life."

Thank you Lisa for sharing the magic that can be found in the everyday with our children.

"Little Livy and I often feel the need to hang washing on our old
vintage drying stand. Sometimes while we hang clothes, we wonder who
used to hang their clothes on this very same stand . We wonder if they
too used to hang their washing amongst the lavender bushes for the
gentle breeze to fragrance their items. We often just lay our clothing
on top of the bushes too"

"Our little guy got super muddy at the river and I had to wash his favorite "ownge" chucks out in the sink. Spring time weather in Oregon is very manic, sunny one moment and
stormy the next...literally. So I am not sure if they will ever dry
out. But at least we get to see lots of rainbows!"

Thank you for sharing such sweetness in your clothesline photo Heidi! Love those Chucks!

Grace shared a creative take on her clothesline photo, and wrote a clothesline Haiku...

"This is half of my cloth diaper stash, I can only wash and hang 1/2 of
them at a time on the side porch. We have a clothes line in our small
back yard, but we also have a 100+ year old maple tree that blocks 99%
of the sunlight...which sadly also makes growing a veggie garden back
there hard...so I improvised and hung these lines on the front porch
which gets direct sunlight almost all day :) I will have to add more
lines on the other side of the porch so I can hang all of them at one
time."

Thank you for sharing such sweetness and creativity through your photo Mary Beth!

"A shot of our kitchen towels (which largely replace our paper ones),
cloth napkins for the table and a black and white checkered napkin for
the school lunch box. I love how line dried linens fold up so crisp and
clean."

"We are quite lucky to have a beach right at the bottom of our yard and
I try to honor that as much as possible with the colors in the house."

Thank you Jenna for sharing your homage to the colors of nature around your home!

I look forward to visiting the links to your "Wash Wednesday" posts! For those of you just joining in, grab a button on my right hand sidebar for Wash Wednesday! I look forward to visiting your clotheslines here as well as on your blogs next Wednesday!

May the simple tasks of our everyday be met with beauty and joy in celebration of life!